About the Junior Golf Tour of Hamilton/Halton

The Junior Golf Tour of Hamilton/Halton, Ontario's original junior tour was founded in 1984 and hosts a series of events every summer for junior golfers from the Hamilton/Halton region. The Tour is dedicated to developing Hamilton/Halton area junior golfers by providing affordable, local opportunities to compete and develop their golf skills and gain valuable experience to enhance their talents. The Tour is a non-profit organization which is funded in part by a title sponsor, and through the generous support of our volunteers and golf courses in the region.

History of the Tour

The Hamilton/Halton Junior Tour (Tour) was established in 1984 with the primary goal to create a junior golf championship for the Hamilton/Halton regions, while providing a forum in which junior players, aged 18 and under, could enhance their considerable talents through competition with their peers.  The Tour was the first of its kind in Ontario and remains one of the most affordable junior tours in the province.

The Tour provides opportunities for players to make new friends and learn valuable life lessons.  Past Champions and Tour players have used their Tour experience to obtain educational and golf scholarships throughout the U.S. and Canada to further pursue their education and golfing careers.

From humble beginnings, the Hamilton/Halton Junior Golf Tour has come a very long way.  The vision from the start was to build the Tour on the basis of sustainability.  If it could not be sustained on a user pay and private sponsor basis, then it should cease to exist.  There are no public funds associated with the Tour.

The first title sponsor of the Tour was Apple Computer in 1984. The Tour was sponsored by Accuform Canada from 1985 until 1995 and then Wilson Staff Golf Canada from 1996 to 2006 (known as "Wilson Staff Junior Golf Tour").

Non-Profit Organization

The Tour is operated by a Board of Directors that is comprised of volunteers from all walks of life (as outlined in the Annual Report).  A few of these individuals are even former Tour players who have completed their education and who want to give back to the Tour and to the community.  The Tour is a non-profit organization and is funded entirely by private support generously made by a title sponsor and fees collected during qualifying and registration.

 

Ontario Junior Tour Team Championship

Today there are approximately a dozen other similar junior tours in the province.  At the end of each summer, all of the junior tours in Ontario put together a team of their top four players and they come together to compete in a two day, 54 hole event for the Ontario Junior Tour Team Championship (formerly the Bill Millar Tournament).  Our Tour was instrumental in originating this event and our Tour has captured the overall title on numerous occasions.

The Tour Today

The Tour is run today in keeping with the traditions that were started when the Tour began in 1984.  A reasonable registration fee allows the Tour players to participate in the tour at an affordable price and provides them seven exciting rounds of golf, friendly competition and a year-end banquet.

Hamilton/Halton Tour Traditions Include: 

The Tour has grown and evolved to include:

Tour Awards You Will Be Competing For In 2008

BOYS’ DIVISION

GIRLS’ DIVISION

BANTAM DIVISION

 

Through its strong history and traditions, the Junior Tour of Hamilton/Halton is dedicated to developing and supporting the junior players in the Hamilton/Halton area.